French Montana Tells His Life Story (Full Interview)

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Ай бұрын

In this VladTV exclusive, French Montana sat down with Vlad to detail his life story and career. The rapper discussed being an immigrant from Morocco and the struggles he encountered adjusting to American life. He talked about getting into the drug game before turning his focus to music after risking deportation due to an arrest. French broke down his battle rap past before transitioning to the "Cocaine City" DVD series. After reflecting on getting shot in the head, French talked about linking with Max B and Harry Fraud and later emerging as one of the more popular acts in rap. To hear more on French Montana's life and career, check out the full interview above.

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@vladtv Ай бұрын

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@southernsweettea3478 Ай бұрын

Vlad a diddy fanboy..

@Youknowright462 Ай бұрын

If you ain’t ask him about him and Puff cuddling, the interview is not complete

@SAMSSLOTCHANNEL Ай бұрын

@@Youknowright462 How can he do that when all he does is talk about himself and try to prove to the audience what he did or does or how much he got or whatever like keep the show about your guest why is it always about Vlad and why does Vlad constantly answer all the questions for the guests like if he is trying to prove he has knowledge?

@gerrick894 Ай бұрын

Glad I'm about to watch the full interview but I bet you didn't ask French about the picture with him and Diddy spooning but you always bring up the picture about Meek Mill and Diddy stop picking and choosing

@poppinc8145 Ай бұрын

There was no _Coke Wave 3_ mixtape. Vlad should have asked French to name 3 songs from CW3. I guarantee you that he can't. CW1 and CW2 dropped in 2009 and then _Coke Wave 4_ dropped in 2019. They could have just named it something else and it would have been fine but instead they decided to piss on the legacy of the first two. Many of us OG fans who've stayed around legit stopped listening to French Montana's new projects after that. The weak sauce he's been putting out post-2014 or post-2016 we tolerated, but this was the last straw. French put in no effort on that tape. The flow and the bars were lazy on most tracks, and his autotune was horrendous. Autotune effects can be done well or done wrong, and they went with wrong. The mixtape basically wasted most of those new Max B verses. CW4 sounded nothing like CW1 and CW2. The originals were boom-bap and G-funk, the new one was mostly Trap. The originals talked about drugs and shootings, but the new one didn't keep that theme, so why even name it _Coke Wave anything_ is anyone's guess?? They skipped over a whole volume and hurt the series' legacy from every angle imaginable and now French is gaslighting fans over it.

@vp_alternative_living5672 Ай бұрын

I like how he don’t throw nobody under the bus

@gasmangwap5975 Ай бұрын

Da homie said fuck dem 30 days 30 days for 2p how df ?.

@lsmith1702 Ай бұрын

Cuz he gay. Not gangster😂

@lsmith1702 Ай бұрын

These dudes tell n mess it up for the next generation. Kiss told about stash boxes😂

@kevindagame Ай бұрын

ALRIGHT HERE WE GO, WE HAVE THE WHOLE INTERVIEW IS HERE, WELCOME TO VLADTV!!! So this is your first time here, so I wanna start in the very beginning. So you were born and raised.... That's how we're gonna end it, French Montana, always a pleasure, until next time, PEACE!!!

@TheWownick Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@gasmangwap5975 Ай бұрын

Da way I heard his voice while reading this is crazy.

@Acesonly00 Ай бұрын

forgot to talk about all the people that are mad at him and ask French to apologize to them on vlad's behalf😂

@DaSaintKk Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 this the funniest shit yo

@royaltysworld467 Ай бұрын

@@TheWownick😂😂😂😂😂😂😂yy😂y😂y😂y😂u😂u😂😂y😂😂😂y😂😂

@Slowron215 Ай бұрын

you have to respect this mf....came a long way

@naybahoodshizz8098 Ай бұрын

No we don’t have to , I’m from Philly to bro nobody bumping that nigga shit in the bity keep it a bean stop de

@dawicked2k8 29 күн бұрын

NAH, this Ninja spooning with Diddy, no respect to that MF

@bahaeeddinn 6 күн бұрын

Ong , i don't get how he has many haters

@chubrokkortiz4904 Ай бұрын

I've known for a long time that french is from africa but at first i thought he was puertorican and black mixed . But salute to fench and free max b my little brothers favorite rappers unfortunately my brother suffered brain damage and cant talk walk or eat food hes on a tube feed but when i play old french and max mixtapes i get a reaction out of him that puts a smile on my face man i love my brother dearly and it breaks my heart everyday seeing him on a bed but we keep FAITH IN GOD THAT ONE HE HEALS HIM SO THAT ONE DAY I CAN TAKE HIM TO A FRENCH AND MAX B CONCERT I KNOW ITS GONNA MAKE MY BROTHER GO CRAZY IF EVER GOD GRANTS MY WISH TO GET MY BROTHER OUT THAT BED ABLE TO FEND FOR HIMSELF SO I CAN GO BACK TO ENJOYING HAVING A YOUNGER BROTHER SALUTE FRENCH GOD BLESS 🙌

@alinedakiller95 Ай бұрын

Bronx kid , fucking a kardashian is legendary man . One of the greatest to come out the Bronx

@DaSaintKk Ай бұрын

No is not 😂

@nandochavez5731 Ай бұрын

There's nothing cool bout fuckin a Kardashian lol.

@chubrokkortiz4904 Ай бұрын

FACTS FRENCH ON LEGEND STATUS NOW HE DESERVE TO BE MENTIONED IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BEST WHO DONE IT COMING FROM BRONX BABY STRAIGHT OUT THE PJ'S THATS WHERE IM FROM AS PUN ONCE SAID R.I.P BIG PUN PANA TWIN

@zeeman3891 23 күн бұрын

Kardashians have no talent. Just pretty

@MrDeon1405 Ай бұрын

Vlad loves telling his guests other people are mad at him.

@nathaniel972ful Ай бұрын

French don't remember shit, and he was never there. Cool dude lol

@reeldrytv Ай бұрын

French remind me of a retired athlete if you wasn’t there to witness you just might never know

@joeblack2809 Ай бұрын

Real shit I didn’t really know of french until I’m pretty sure stay schemin.

@baboushko 29 күн бұрын

@@joeblack2809reach

@reeldrytv 28 күн бұрын

@@joeblack2809 🤣 not gon lie bruh was living like that and the music was fire

@joeblack2809 28 күн бұрын

@@reeldrytv yea yea after hearing his story I gotta give it to French he’s really solidified himself in the hip hop scene.

@reeldrytv 28 күн бұрын

@@joeblack2809 for sure peep the Mac and cheese mixtapes 🔥

@617Kd Ай бұрын

Finally...a STORY TO TELL.. this is deep

@jayice1AKAJoeMule Ай бұрын

If you noticed French don’t remember about anything NEGATIVE. It’s always “But we good friends now”. Take notes. BLUF: Don’t hold onto negative bs. Especially if you patched things up. Move on

@matrepharaoh8260 5 күн бұрын

I noticed that. Like when he asked why his Dad was locked up. “I don’t know. I never asked.”

@2freshh Ай бұрын

Why does VLAD always make EVERY interview about him?!?!?! We are here for the person you are interviewing not to her you be Mr Me Too the entire interview

@alstonl333 Ай бұрын

I remember that dvd era.Boot legging was heavy,mixtape era was crazy.I loved them cocaine city joints.

@FILMTHEWRLD 25 күн бұрын

Yes!!

@untamedking708 Ай бұрын

Vlad be asking borderline indictment questions 😂

@morganweller1491 Ай бұрын

Man people gotta stop with this sh*t they know they wearing a wire and being filmed soiys up to them what thay say bruh buy I get it bruh

@velikapo4419 27 күн бұрын

He's the Po-Po

@JasonPolaski 26 күн бұрын

Yeah, well, what else is new?

@MATRIXRAIN 25 күн бұрын

lmao

@HealingwitWOOTSWP70 Ай бұрын

That was dope. Shout out to the OG French Montana. Bro came in as an African immigrant and built up an American dream. Shout out to Vlad too for supporting the bro. That’s real hiphop!

@Omaritv_ Ай бұрын

Great interview. I watched it from start to finish.

@SkeeloHendrix Ай бұрын

Vlad ALWAYS tryna include himself into something smh what a damn CORNBALL lol

@Johnthoo1 Ай бұрын

LONG LIVE CHINX AND STACK BUNDLES 🙏🏾💔🕊️ AND ALSO FREE MAX B ⛓️

@reginamitchell8400 Ай бұрын

MaxB😮

@AuditingNYCnExtChapter 12 күн бұрын

Max b 🤔

@reginamitchell8400 12 күн бұрын

@@AuditingNYCnExtChapter I was shocked to learn he supposed to be gettin out real soon he gotta lotta love waiting on him💓

@TheCulture. Ай бұрын

Vlad tryna set French up for Tax Invasion 😂😂😂😅 Vlad Da Feds‼️🤷🏾‍♂️

@andyacosta9847 28 күн бұрын

Idk why French gets so much hate

@bmorediesel8811 Ай бұрын

Vlad tried to compare himself to him the whole interview

@gradeschoolmedia Ай бұрын

It's wild to hear this story from French Montana. He a hustler

@playipstreamsolutions5538 Ай бұрын

Hustle it's on the DNA of every immigrant bro, we leave family behind that depends on us and we gotta support them as well support ourselves, losing isn't an option

@gradeschoolmedia Ай бұрын

@@playipstreamsolutions5538 most definitely!

@BsGaming732 28 күн бұрын

He said “I’m blessed on another level I MADE IT OUTTA AFRICA” bro dropped the most realest bars ever for anyone who think they got it back in “the hood” Africa can show you a REAL HOOD

@Internetsboifriend Ай бұрын

VLAD! Vlad, why you didn't ask French about his fling with Angela Yee from the "Breakfast Club"? Yee was super into French, they would have made a good couple, but 2 cool-ass people can't be together. One of the people needs to be toxic and neither one is. Excellent interview, French is a Hustla for real.

@poppinc8145 Ай бұрын

Vlad, what happened to getting into the details of French's brother Zak getting deported?? I think it was at some point before the pandemic. French brought it up at the beginning of the interview and you said you'd get into it later on. So was that part cut out or did you just forget to ask him?? This interview was good but it's not "the whole story from start to finish", as you claim, by any means. Maybe you'll have him back on again in the future because there's a lot more but you need to know the questions to ask.

@renajforbesceoofmobay9814 Ай бұрын

$5 a month buddy

@Dias416 23 күн бұрын

FRENCH THAT GUY... met him back in his mixtape days when he came to toronto, handed him some smoke,,,,, he goes "ye just give it my guy" lol always on point

@BossCityBossUp617 Ай бұрын

I literally just paused it and went and listened to that song. Now I'm back lol

@alinedakiller95 Ай бұрын

Yayo " SOD , swammies on deck homie" I was a kid and still remember that bar off the first coke wave

@santosgarcia8644 Ай бұрын

So is there extra in this interview or were all the chop pieces the same thing

@Stayhigh1725 Ай бұрын

Vlad we need this full interviews

@Rapha187 Ай бұрын

The full interviews are on his channel for $5 a month, it’s worth it.

@reekreal7953 Ай бұрын

That mac & cheese with Sanctuary was the best mixtape I ever heard from French Montana

@outkastkidd Ай бұрын

Mac and cheese 3 went crazy. Harry fraud and French are a combo made in heaven bruh

@reekreal7953 29 күн бұрын

@@outkastkidd no doubt

@SAMSSLOTCHANNEL Ай бұрын

How is it that every interview vlad needs to talk about himself and he is always trying to prove he got money or is somewhere in life now. Like wtf interview the ppl not yourself if you want to tell the world your life store every time we'll just interview yourself over and over. Vlad got problems with everyone every video wtf

@hamboro Ай бұрын

“Is that a Patek you got on ? Look at mine I’m doing great too” 😂

@shawandajenkins7127 12 күн бұрын

It's like losing your left and right hand.. I felt that in my soul

@elilove1729 28 күн бұрын

Vlad was talking to French like he knew more about his life then he did about his own . this interview was too friendly . vlad was too comfortable. Let the guest speak .

@easy8325 Ай бұрын

Can’t hate this guy no matter how much you try.Ultimate hustler with a little luck.Respect

@playipstreamsolutions5538 Ай бұрын

I can kinda relate to him because I came to America hidden in a fruit container from Dominican Republic in 1985 during the crack era!! I had no papers, no english, no family and my vocabulary was: “What’s up?” “how much?” “3 for 20” 😂😂😂 All I wanted was MONEY! By 1989 I had a Benz s600, one G wagon and 2 Mazda rx7!! America gave me everything I have

@floridaboybrandon954 Ай бұрын

ALL FAXX 📠 NO PRINTER 🖨️ 💯💯 😂😂 💯💯 😂😂 💯💯

@bryanhalfday6678 Ай бұрын

CAP!! Get it right. Maybe your neighbor had a SE600 but the S600 wasn’t out Alien boy

@user-cg3zl3yn3b Ай бұрын

@@bryanhalfday6678😂😂😂

@okeydokey9693 Ай бұрын

Did you get it poisoning the community you came to live in? JS

@Darkest_Soul_187 Ай бұрын

You need to be very gifted to spend 30 years in a country, and not learn the local language lol

@Rapha187 Ай бұрын

That’s normal unfortunately. Most older Moroccans/turks and arabs dont give af and they will never learn the local language

@stevemill8959 Ай бұрын

You ever try to learn a second language, it’s hard AF I’ve been teaching myself Spanish since 2020 and still not fluent

@Darkest_Soul_187 Ай бұрын

@@stevemill8959 bro, I speak two foreign languages, and it didn't take me 30 years to learn them, but 6

@VinceJ1990 Ай бұрын

@@Darkest_Soul_187 how many millions u got from that? Stfu

@xSB-xe7hvtX Ай бұрын

Battle for the bubbles is crazy 😂

@jayisspillz94 Ай бұрын

My boy said shellz. Super underrattrd

@nycityslicker2024 25 күн бұрын

Dope interview SHAZZAM BX

@Wallaboss Ай бұрын

I feel you on that I’ll see you when I wanna see you not when you wanna see me I feel you

@marcleverett1387 19 күн бұрын

Idk something is cohesive bout this interview one of Vlads best interviews

@deaniecampos9320 Ай бұрын

Why don't French get the Respect he deserves in this RAP game??? Smh He really lived that life, really was in the streets, really came from Africa is African!! Really been dropping hits,Anthems for over 15.smh

@naybahoodshizz8098 Ай бұрын

Because he is ass

@younessdirect5403 12 күн бұрын

Because nowadays the comment sections are full of trolls who are max 16 years old. Those kids are not used to real gangster rappers.

@jasonr3565 Ай бұрын

Been a fan of French since he had the Ferrari scooter in his video. Huge fan. Inspiration. Keep shining

@chubychops 20 күн бұрын

Great interview

@littymcguire148 10 күн бұрын

French and vlad came from nothing to legends Big up to the success and much more to come on the journey 🙌🏽🙏🏽

@alstonl333 Ай бұрын

Good stuff.

@mrcortijo8973 6 күн бұрын

French swerved all that beef talk like a G

@crispchaos 28 күн бұрын

I personally dont like any of Frenchs music but he seems like a good humble guy. Salute.

@showtymetv49 27 күн бұрын

We know how you got that French vanilla ciroc 🤣🤣 you went to that diddy party party 🤦🏾‍♂️

@ChiPoliticin Ай бұрын

Yo, what's up with the sensoring?

@josefrausto2431 Ай бұрын

Brah…. VLAD, let the people talk.

@arifigueroa7327 Ай бұрын

Crazy how there could never be another french montana with the way rap has become now. I was out on 80k bail at 18 fighting my first bid while max was out on bail and him n french were active wylin. This was the last of the raw real time in rap, the streets, and internet before it all destroyed eachother. Might have just been bc it was my young years and comeup, but i would never trade those times for bein 20 in this bs thats goin on now. Keep all this shyt.

@jerodjones1715 Ай бұрын

No Diddy comments 😁

@travisbulloch4168 Ай бұрын

Saulid dude❤ i love that never told

@Sabzu Ай бұрын

Yo French did diddy give you that jumper 😅😂

@jarretthopkins6262 Ай бұрын

Corny

@Carrera1990 2 күн бұрын

Cringe silly yank

@nana10967 28 күн бұрын

The Diddy spooner himself 🤣

@Romulus609 Ай бұрын

Even though opioids /opiates and Suboxone give you the similar high or effect, you’re never supposed to mix them or do Suboxone without waiting 24 to 48 hours until after you did your last opioid or opiate. Mixing them at once, as we heard, can have a fatal effect and taking Suboxone too soon after taking your last opioid or opiates can throw you into what’s called precipitated withdrawal. That’s where within 20 to 40 minutes after taking the Suboxone, it’ll put you into the worst part of the withdrawal you would have in parallel to how bad of a habit you have. However bad of a habit you have if you quit cold turkey and if it would’ve took you six days to get into the worst part of the extent of the whole withdrawal you would’ve went through if quitting cold turkey when you take that Suboxone without waiting enough time, it will put you at that worst stage of withdrawal within 20/40 minutes. It’s the worst withdrawal you could ever go through on opiates!!! It’s amazing how many people have had a habit for years and years and never know that until they find out the hard way!

@Ammar-jh7ne Ай бұрын

French Montana 👏🏽💪🏽💪🏽

@RomeoMadoff009 Ай бұрын

French is one of my favorite niggas No Diddy/Clive Davis Damn

@flow149. Ай бұрын

I still can't get over him saying 15-20 ps is a RR in NY especially at that time 😮

@renajforbesceoofmobay9814 Ай бұрын

My uncle got held in the 90s Jamaican no papers with 50 pounds of weed in the truck and he didn’t get deported either , someone took the case that was in the car just like French explained

@flow149. Ай бұрын

@@renajforbesceoofmobay9814 not talking about the deportation part of the story talking about the time being offered and the time he talking about is early 2000s

@SuperKakamas Ай бұрын

MAD respect to you french my home country boy

@KingOWigs 29 күн бұрын

"How long has it been?" "12 Years!"

@whodonit 29 күн бұрын

Vlad: How old are you now? French: Mmm yeah

@moreclips805 Ай бұрын

*VLAD- Curtis Wallstreet Carrol has been released from prison and he’s running a YT channel on investing in the stock market. Sway interviewed him in prison, which you posted on your channel years back. Curtis needs a follow up interview, have him back on! He has an insane story*

@DoolyHavingMotion 20 күн бұрын

French one of my favorite rappers so this fire

@shotti50 23 күн бұрын

u can pick your sins you however cannot choose the consequences... solid vlad

@jaymac7495 Ай бұрын

When he mentioned Chinx, French eyes changed up. He really fucked with him💯 R.I.P Chinx. Salute French real BX legend‼️🎯

@sachinmenon9734 Ай бұрын

1:47:37 "Like who bit you, a dinosaur?"" LMFAOOOOO

@TheRealEricG101 Ай бұрын

you cannot take a opiate with an opiate blocker. You’ll get terribly sick and possibly could die. Suboxone is meant to take by itself. You cannot take a suboxone then go take a perc immidietly after. You have to wait for the suboxone to end which is different with everyone but usually 12-24 hours, then u can take a perc if you’d like without dying 😭🤷🏻‍♂️ shout out french

@bourrr Ай бұрын

wtf 😅

@joelhomer1434 Ай бұрын

Djvlad next time ask french montana how he feel about chris brown and quavo beef.french mantana is friends with both of them and all of them profromance together and collab together.ask him if he can squash The beef be between them.ask him next please

@trevorjones4854 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@joelhomer1434 Ай бұрын

@@trevorjones4854 What are you laugh for ???

@trunkmonkey2931 Ай бұрын

Light skin Kanye

@Nukee23 Ай бұрын

Ngl you coulda kept this one chambered champ

@ExtraterrestrialBeing-jc7to 18 күн бұрын

Boosie was the first one to drop a DVD with the album in 2006

@GrantNgcobo95 Ай бұрын

My top 2 favorite rapper

@badboy1028 18 күн бұрын

look at him he looks healthy. i been watching this dude for 20 years.

@MPGMotionpicturegang Ай бұрын

Man vlad always comparing himself he funny

@jolomendez6338 26 күн бұрын

lol French: yh I got the patek Vlad: I got one too French: I have 9 houses Vlad: well I have 8. lol all interview it was this

@10SHOTIT 5 күн бұрын

Not really at all

@omarsadiqYouTube Ай бұрын

Yo French is my guy,I can relate

@josefrausto2431 Ай бұрын

Always about you Vlad…. Let these people talk please. Always about you Vlad, shut up and listen… OK.

@missayawk Ай бұрын

DJ Juice was doing DVD w/ mixtape blends before EVERYBODY

@anavarela6958 27 күн бұрын

Oh send me a man with a heart like this!

@RaymondMalveaux-uu8sc 7 күн бұрын

What made Keisha Cole put another song out

@tray5720 Ай бұрын

He got shot in the head and did madd drugs, at this point he don’t remember a damn thing

@aurteekay6339 23 күн бұрын

Was that dude in the car talking crazy at 22:30 sitting parked outside a homeless shelter or somethin? lol watch the background outside of the car windows, mad tweaks walking by with bags and bikes, raincoats 😂

@koreylackford3811 18 күн бұрын

Been a French Montana fan since the Live From Africa mixtape & the Cocaine City DVD's esp when he was with Max B he was my favorite artist of all time until he signed his deal with Diddy after that his lyrics fell off I wish Max never went to jail because they would of been on top together as a group cause their Coke Wave mixtape was legendary 🎉 Rant Over 😂

@RomeoMadoff009 Ай бұрын

Losses make Bosses

@poppinc8145 Ай бұрын

@FudgyBabyyyy Ай бұрын

I don’t know man, something’s not adding up. I’m from NY & back in those days, weed was definitely a VERY serious charge. I personally know people who fought deportation for getting caught smoking bud, let alone 20 pounds. I know people that did years over a single pound. 15 - 20 pounds? He would have done time & deported to afterwards. I’m originally from the Dominican Republic, You know how many Dominicans I now personally, deported back in them days & still haven’t been back? 🤔

@Eatingwithjae 29 күн бұрын

Best reaction video 😂

@jauntaesmith873 Ай бұрын

Moral of the story is : French was never there

@mistercrockett Ай бұрын

His “Diddy tales” 😂

@vincerodriguez209 Ай бұрын

1:02:00 vlad a pc of sht he always trying to fcking trick people he tells french is then when you signed lil durk to coke records? french says i never signed durk-- kkkkulture vulture vlad says yeah i knew that he told me--- wtf is vlad such a slimy pc of scum for?

@qundraygray Ай бұрын

20:45 LOL

@gorgeousreturns Ай бұрын

8k views 5 hr ago aint nobody lookin fa bro

@CasperP1105 Ай бұрын

Problem vlad Stretch the video trying to milk it.

@healed4real350 Ай бұрын

💯

@Mikemccurdy74 Ай бұрын

No stylist is one of the most mesmerizing songs ever made mane. It’s the only song I absolutely can never skip when it comes on it’s just something about it man. Berg and French did the thing with that one I wish I made that beat 😩😮‍💨🔥💪🏾. And mopstick is nuts too mane

@Mikemccurdy74 Ай бұрын

1:35:06 I guess imma junkie lmao. Idgaf imma snawt me some clean 🤷🏾‍♂️. Erbody got they vices. Shit ain’t never stopped me from handling my business and paying my bills. It’s ok to take percs and drink tho?

@edwright8053 Ай бұрын

Vlad still be asking them police ass questions!

@PaloGianne Ай бұрын

French a real one, no wonder Ross mad at BBL Drizzy called a cease and desist on French

@baboushko 28 күн бұрын

Ur comment is hard to understand

@PaloGianne 27 күн бұрын

@@baboushko I just meant that French Montana’s a real one & I now understand why Ross unfollowed Drake coz Drake called a cease & desist against French

@santosdellior6917 7 күн бұрын

I don't like how Vald always adds his negative 2 cents in.....he his arrogance is unbelievable.... telling ppl what took place in their lives.... after thy tell him what actually happened